By Steve Hunley Mayor And Sheriff Come Together On Budget The agreement reached by Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs and Sheriff Tom Spangler is good news for every citizen of our community. At the heart of the issue was Sheriff Spangler’s demand for a 30% increase for...
Mynatt Funeral Home Cuts Ribbon on Third Facility in Powell By Bill Howard The first Mynatt Funeral Home opened in 1929 in Fountain City. It would be 76 years before the family-owned business opened a second one in 2005, in Halls. It took only 18 years before the...
Politician from the Prairie: Harlan Bushfield of South Dakota By Ray Hill Harlan John Bushfield served only a single term in the United States Senate, but he made quite an impression on his home state of South Dakota in a relatively short period of time. Bushfield...
South Knox officials combine efforts By Mike Steely Senior Writer steelym@knoxfocus.com A few years ago construction on Chapman Highway slowed South Knoxville to a crawl. Skeptics thought the increased difficulty of access to the commerce and housing across the...
Losing stings, but Lady Admirals ‘competed’ By Steve Williams Farragut’s softball team had won back-to-back Class 4A state titles, so it wasn’t surprising when Coach Nick Green said the Lady Admirals were “sad” after being eliminated from this year’s tournament. Green...
Community invited to ribbon cutting for new Mynatt Chapel in Powell By Focus Staff Longtime North Knox County establishment Mynatt Funeral Home is cutting the ribbon on its new Powell chapel this Friday, June 2. Congressman Tim Burchett and Dwight Van de Vate from the...
By Steve Hunley Ten Pounds Of Lard In A Five-Gallon Bucket Realtors are being polled by their own association asking some questions that have raised eyebrows amongst homeowners. A few of those are: “Do you support removing the special use requirement for duplexes and...
By Steve Williams Aaron Large may be taking on his first head coach position, but he’s not short on coaching experience. The new Gibbs High boys basketball coach was an assistant football coach for the Eagles for 11 years and elevated to defensive coordinator on Brad...
By Ray Hill Joseph Rosier was an unlikely United States senator and only reached that body because of his personal friendship with Matthew Neely. Matthew Mansfield Neely held sway for decades as both a perennial candidate for public office and unlike most perennial...
PHOTO BY BARRY HOUCHIN Trevor Coggin of Farragut wears No. 13 as he runs in the Division I Class AAA 1600-meter event last Thursday. The Admirals' senior, a UT signee, had good fortune with a second place finish and 4:16.93 time in the state meet. Smith’s strategic...
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